One hundred and sixty-one, send a letter
If these letters were okay, Jin Qiong would not have been mixed in her dowry, and hidden in antique calligraphy and paintings little by little.
But knowing that there was a problem, she was ready to hand it over to Xu Qing from the beginning----- it was useless for her to keep this thing anyway, and she didn't want to live a frightened life.
Now Xu Qing has been arrested?
Although she had already predicted the bad in her heart, she still asked tentatively, "What do you mean?" You mean, the Xu family is also in trouble? ”
Yunhua is not a fool, she has followed Jin Qiong for so many years, she understands very well that Jin Qiong must have some secret deal with the Xu family, since this is the case, then Xu Qing came to ask for these letters, not for herself, but because the Xu family wanted these things.
But the Xu family wants these things...... If something didn't happen, how could Xu Qing be allowed to have an accident?
The man smiled bitterly, and suddenly stretched out his hand to Pan Quan and said: "To tell you the truth, Xu Qing has entered, and the next one is me, I was originally going to flee for my life, but the second master who came to the house did not care about anything, he was a mud bodhisattva, he didn't know anything, I couldn't get anything from him, in this way, you give me five thousand taels of silver, and I will tell you the key point of this matter, lest you die without knowing how you died, and I can get out, what do you think?" ”
Want money?
Pan Quan glanced at Yun Hua and seemed relieved to see her.
Yes, if this person comes to tell them something without asking for anything, then they will not believe it.
But asking for money, it makes sense.
Five thousand taels is not much, but it is not too much, a steward can be greedy for so much silver, where can he live a good life.
But the cloud painting didn't pay attention to it.
She has followed Jin Qiong all these years, and what she has gained is more than this.
She nodded at Pan Quan imperceptibly.
Pan Quan knew it in his heart, and snorted: "A word is a certainty." Tell me, what the hell is going on? ”
The man smiled bitterly: "It's nothing, originally Xu Qing planned to kill you after taking those secret letters, so that no one would ever know about those letters." But I don't know who whistleblower, or if someone in the court is making trouble, Xu Qing was arrested first, because Jinyiwei said that Xu Qing had the secret of Jin Qiong's collusion with others. This matter must have been known, so Xu Qing was arrested, and now Xu Qing himself is difficult to protect, and the Guogong Mansion will definitely draw a line with him in order to avoid suspicion, which is why I ran away......"
I see.
Pan Quan was a little panicked in his heart.
He didn't want to know what Jin Qiong had done in collusion with the Guogong Mansion at the beginning, and this was not something they could know, but Jin Qiong was so insidious that he left things to them.
So what do they do now?
Originally, he planned to hand over the things to Xu Qing, but now these secret letters have become a hot potato, and no matter who they hand over, they are a gunpowder that may be blown up at any time.
Yun Hua also bit his lip and lowered his head.
After half a ring, she asked Pan Quan to give the silver ticket to send the steward, and then went into the inner courtyard with Pan Quan, and after a moment of silence she said, "There is still a way to go, or a way to live." ”
Pan Quan hurriedly turned his head to look at her.
Yun Hua took a breath and said softly: "I once heard my father-in-law say that in fact, the Xu family has indeed done a lot of business through him over the years, such as silk, tea, and porcelain shipped overseas from Jinling...... The father-in-law knew that the Ye family was colluding with the Xu family, but he always turned a blind eye, and later had to step into this circle with one foot. But my father-in-law has always been worried about the Xu family, especially a while ago, do you remember? Since his father-in-law received the letter from the Xu family, he has been even more restless, restless, and irritable. ”
Of course this Pan Quan remembers.
Jin Qiong is the godfather of Yun Hua, to put it mildly, in fact, he and Yun Hua are just Jin Qiong's playthings.
It's just that after getting along for a long time, Jin Qiong gradually really has some feelings for cloud painting.
At the end of last year, Jin Qiong had always been very irritable, and kept asking Yun Hua to talk to him, making a lot of trouble at home.
He suddenly realized: "You mean ......."
"My father-in-law already had a premonition before he died, and he knew very well that he would be killed by the Xu family, so he would use the excuse of giving me things and hide these secret letters in my ......" Yun Hua's expression was solemn and his voice was also very cold: "Now that this thing is in our hands, it is a hot potato, if we hand it over to the Xu family, the Xu family will still kill us in order to cut the grass and eradicate the roots." But what if we hand it over to the opponent of the Xu family? ”
Pan Quan hesitated: "But how do we know who we can give it to?" ”
"Your Highness." Yun Hua spit out the word very resolutely, and said in a low voice: "The Fifth Highness investigated the corruption case of the Ye family last year, but he couldn't get along with the Xu family, he must have known that the Xu family was behind it, so the Xu family forced the godfather to do something to the Fifth Highness." In that case, since we have no way out, why don't we try to defect to the Fifth Highness? ”
Now that the Xu family is already in a weak position, Xu Qing has been arrested.
Instead of waiting for the Fifth Highness to find it, it is better to take the initiative to send the Fifth Highness a favor.
Yunhua believes that these letters must hide the great secrets of the Xu family, which is why the Xu family will spare no effort to ask for this thing.
As she spoke, she saw that Pan Quan was also silent, so she made a decision: "You go and go in person, the Fifth Highness is now in Hangzhou ......."
Hangzhou .....
It's not far from here.
Pan Quan didn't speak, and after a while, he nodded firmly: "Yes, what you said makes sense, if you give it to Xu Qing, he will kill us and destroy it, but it is His Royal Highness the King, although he offended him is his father-in-law, but it has nothing to do with us, we can't decide anything, and there is no way to live." Okay, you go and get ready, and I'll go. ”
I don't feel comfortable handing over this thing to anyone, so I have to go there myself.
Besides, this can also let Chu Tingchuan see their sincerity.
Yun Hua stretched his brows, the worry in his heart was finally a little less, and he nodded and said directly: "That is the case, then it is better to go sooner rather than later, you go and come back quickly." ”
Pan Quan boarded the boat to Hangzhou in the afternoon.
At this time, Yang Yuqing was also saying goodbye to the second master Xu who came to see him off.
Second Master Xu patted Yang Yuqing on the shoulder, and said softly in the cabin: "It seems that things are going smoothly this time, go to Hangzhou, say hello to Miss Zhu for me, you have to be careful, that terrible thing is on him, don't lose people." ”
"Second master, don't worry." Yang Yuqing immediately said: "If the faith is in the people, there will be no mistakes!" ”